Special Report

This Is the County in the Longview, TX Metro Area With the Least COVID-19

Samuel Stebbins

Published: July 20, 2022 2:45 am

To date, 88,027,926 Americans are confirmed to have been infected with COVID-19 — and over 1 million have died as a result. On a per capita basis, the U.S. has one of the highest known infections rates in the world.

In the Longview metropolitan area, located in Texas, a total of 43,255 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 19,855 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — below the national rate of 26,906 cases per 100,000 people.

The lower than average per capita COVID-19 infection rate across Longview is being driven by one area in particular.

The broader Longview metro area comprises three counties or county equivalents — and of them, Gregg County in Texas has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 24,006 confirmed infections in Gregg County, or 19,439 for every 100,000 people.

Though Gregg County has the lowest per capita infection rate in the Longview metro area, its per capita fatality rate is disproportionately high.

There have been a total of 562 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Gregg County, above the 511 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Longview metro area.

All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of July 17, 2022.

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